Disks

Disks

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See also Disk Quotas and RAID

Add a new disk to a system

Disks Add a Disk

Assign a drive letter to a partition or volume

Disks Assign a Drive Letter

Change the label for a partition or volume

label

Check a disk for errors or possible damage

DisksTools Error Checking

chkdsk

Check a disk for free space

freedisk

Clean up disks by deleting temporary files and other unneeded files

DisksTools Disk Cleanup

Configure how Disk Management displays information

DisksTools Disk Management

Convert a disk from basic to dynamic storage

Disks Convert a Disk

diskpart

Convert a FAT partition or volume to NTFS

convert

Create a logical drive within an extended partition

Disks Create a Logical Drive

Create a new partition

Disks Create a Partition

Create a new simple volume

Disks Create a Volume

Defragment a partition or volume

Disks Defragment a Disk

defrag

Delete a partition or volume

Disks Delete a Partition or Volume

Display the status of a partition or volume

Disks View Status of Partition or Volume

Extend a volume by adding unallocated free space

Disks Extend a Volume

Format a partition or volume

Disks Format a Partition or Volume

format

Implement disk quotas to control how much disk space users have

DisksConcepts Implementing Disk Quotas

Manage partitions and volumes from the command line

diskpart

Mount a partition or volume to an empty folder on an NTFS volume

Disks Assign a Drive Path

mountvol

Reactivate a dynamic disk that is in a Missing or Offline state

Disks Reactivate a Disk

Repair a partition or volume that is in a Failed state

Disks Repair a Partition or Volume

Revert a dynamic disk back to basic type

Disks Revert a Disk

Schedule automatic checking of filesystem at startup

chkntfs

Try to recover a file from a defective disk

recover

Update the hardware information on all hard drives

Disks Rescan Disks